UniTek Global Services Acquires Southern Diversified Technologies’ Telecom Infrastructure and Engineering Business; Creates National Integrated Telecom Services Platform
Summary
UniTek offers major providers of broadband connectivity the local knowledge and expertise required to deliver customized and precise builds on time and on budget, together with the capabilities and resources of its national platform.“This is an important step in UniTek’s evolution as we execute on our strategy to grow and invest alongside the nation’s telecom infrastructure,” said Dan Yannantuono, CEO of UniTek.We are excited to welcome Charlie Smith and SDT’s highly-skilled workforce to UniTek, in furthering our ambition to provide our customers with unrivaled support and services required to compete and innovate in a rapidly expanding market for ultra-broadband services.”GW Communications, LLC, completed in June 2017: established a platform for UniTek’s rapidly growing market in engineering, construction, installation and maintenance services for broadband fiber and wireless technologies; and Graycliff Enterprises, Inc. and affiliate Hutchins Telecom, completed in August 2018: bolstered UniTek’s presence in the fiber E&C market across the Carolinas, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee and Arizona, and expanded its fiber, cable construction, wireless technology & utility locates capabilities.John Kline, President and COO of New Mountain, a board member and significant shareholder in UniTek, added, “The need for telecommunications infrastructure investment has accelerated as consumers demand high-speed internet connectivity, broadband, data transmission, and advanced video services.